Addressing Smith, the judge said: “You were sentenced in France to four years in prison for doing this and now here you are again – it is an aggravating feature.

“You’re a married man with four children, and all of this was done to obtain money because of financial problems.

“You knew you were taking a huge risk and now you are back in custody.”

Along with the suspended sentence Start was told to complete 60 hours of unpaid work, while both men were subject to a £100 victim surcharge.

Detective Constable Colin Snell said: “The information passed to us meant a lot of quick-thinking and fast-time officer deployment to intercept the suspected drug dealers who were using the roads through Surrey for their crimes.

“Surrey Police will always take information of this nature seriously and act appropriately to protect our county from crime and I welcome the sentence handed to Smith.”

Drugs do not only affect the user they have a detrimental effect on communities, DC Snell added, due to the anti-social behaviour associated with them.

Anyone with information on drug dealing in their neighbourhood should contact Surrey Police on 101.